Lasting machine



June 15,1954

Filed March 51, 1951 G. C. BARTON ETAL LASTING MACHINE 10 Sheets-Sheet 2JhvenlO/JS George C Barton fie/01a E Elliott By their Attorney June 15,1954 e. c. BARTON ETAL 2,680,863.-

LASTING MACHINE Filed March 31, 1951 10 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventors GeorgeC Barton 44/ Harold E Elliott By theirAzzomey June 15, 1954 Filed March51, 1951 G. C. BARTON ET AL LASTING MACHINE g Geo/19a C Barton 10Sheets-Sheet 4 bfzroldEE'lZiott By theirArtomgy June 15, 1954 s. c.BARTON ETAL LASTING MACHINE Filed March 31 1O Sheets-Sheet 5 June 15,1954 s. c. BARTON ETAL 2,680,863

LASTING MACHINE Filed March 51, 1951 10 Sheets-Sheet 6 ii'zzzeizzorsGeorge C Barton Ham/a EElZz'ott By their Attorney June 15, 1954 G. c.BARTON ETAL 2,680,863

LASTING MACHINE Filed March 51, 1951 l0 Sheets-Sheet 7 l l l l l i? 8293 F K fi 311 S" 4! $7 ////x /////m gm ,1 1' I I I l {K 4 Inventors 32/3/7 267 319 301 5 3; George CBarton Harold 5. Elliott By their AttorneyJune 15, 1954 s. c. BARTON "E AL.

LASTING MACHINE 10 Sheets-Sheet 8 Filed March 51, 195i By they" AttorneyJune 15, 1954 G. c. BARTON ETAL 2,680,363

LASTING MACHINE I Filed March 31, 1951 10 Sheets-Sheet 9 InventorsGeorge C Barton Harold E Elliott By their Attorney LASTING MACHINE l0Sheets-Sheet 10 Filed March 31, 1951 n Sa 6 W m Um mwi 99 vmu hm h w mwPatented June 15, 1954 UNITED STATES PTE OFFICE LASTING MACHINEApplication March 31, 1951, Serial No. 218,592

Claims priority, application Great Britain April 25, 1950 26 Claims.

This invention relates to lasting machines and is herein shown as.embodied in a toe-lasting machine which resembles in some respects amachine disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,097,567, grantedon November 2, 1937, on an application of F. B. Keall. The ma chineshown and described in said Letters Patent is a machine for lasting thetoe ends of welt shoes by means of toe-embracing wipers, each shoe beingpositioned in proper relation to the wipers by means including a platearranged to engage the inner face of the usual lip or rib on the insolearound the end and along the sides of the toe. It is one of the objects.of the present invention to provide a machine for lasting shoes of akind in which the margin of the toe end of the upper is secured inlasted relation to an insole by cement in a position generally parallelto the bottom of the last, there being no lip or rib on the insole, andmore particularly to provide means for properly supporting andpositioning shoes of that kind for the toe-lasting operation. It is tobe understood, however, that in various novel aspects the invention isnot limited as to the kind of shoes operated upon or to the illustrativeembodiment.

With the above and other objects in view, the machine herein shownincludes a toe rest arranged to support the toe end of a shoe presentedbottom upward and a heel-end support having a last pin arranged to enterthe usual spindle hole in the heel end of the last, the toe rest and theheel-end support being separately movable yieldingly in a downwarddirection with the shoe by a shoe-bottom rest which engages the shoe onthe bottom of the iorepart and which the operator moves from a retractedpositioned forwardly and downwardly by the swinging of an operating arm.Mounted to move downwardly with the heel-end support is a heel restwhich is further movable lengthwise of the shoe by the abovementionedoperating arm into engagement with the heel end of the shoe after theshoe has been properly positioned relatively to the toe wipers, itsposition lengthwise being determined bya toeend gage against which theoperator places its toe-end face in presenting it to the machine. Topermit the toe end of each right or left shoe to be otherwisepositioned, as determined by. sight, in proper relation to the wipersafter the heel end of the last has been mounted on the last-pin, theheel-end support and the heel rest are mounted to swing as a unit about.an axis extending lengthwise of the shoe, the heel-end support beingfurther mountedto swing yieldingly about such an axis relatively to theheel rest. The machine herein shown is still further provided with meanscontrolled by the movement of the above-mentioned operating arm forlocking the toe rest, the heel-end support and the heel rest againstfurther downward movement, for locking the heel rest against retractivemovement lengthwise of the shoe and against any further swingingmovement in directionswidthwise of the shoe, and for moving the toe-endgage to inoperative position.

Further to accomplish the objects of the invention the machine hereinshown is provided with an insole edge hold-down supported and guidedindependently of the shoe-bottom rest for movement into engagement withthe margin of the insole around the toe to hold it on the bottom of thelast and thus to prevent its displacement by the wipers. This holddownincludes a plate so formed as to permit the margin of the upper to bewiped preliminarily inward over it while it is in engagement with theinsole, thus insuring against any premature adherence of thecement-coated margin of the upper to the insole in the toe-lastingoperation. Provision is afforded for moving the insole edge holddown tooperative position simultaneously with the shoebutton rest by themovement of the previously mentioned operating arm, but for releasing itand for withdrawing it from the insole while the shoe-bottom rest isstill in operative position to permit the wipers to press the margin ofthe upper into position to adhere to the insole. The edge holddown plateis further so formed and controlled that after its release it isdeflected from between the wipers and the insole by engagement of themargin of the upper therewith. Since the machine may sometimes be usedfor lasting shoes which are presented to the machine and secured inposition for the lasting operation prior to the trimming of the marginof the lining and the toe box and prior to the application of cement tothe upper and the insole, the construction shown is further such thatthe insole edge holddown member may be caused to remain in itsinoperative position while the other shoe-controlling members are movedto their operative positions by theoperating arm and may be later movedseparately into operative position after the trimming operation has beenperformed and the cement has been applied.

Novel features of the invention involved, the construction aboveoutlined, including Various novel details or construction andcombinations of parts, will now be more particularly de- 3 scribed withreference to the accompanying drawings and thereafter pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of the machine in which theinvention is herein shown as embodied, with portions of the frame brokenaway and with the parts in the positions which they occupy when a shoeis supported in position for the toe-lasting operation;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine with parts broken away;

Fig. 3 is a view mainly in rear elevation of portions of the machine;

Fig. 4 is a view of portions of the machine partly in front elevationand partly in section on the line IVIV of Fi 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail view, partly in section and partly in elevation asviewed from the left, of a portion of the structure shown in Figs. 3 andi;

Fig. 6 is a view mainly in right-hand side elevation of parts associatedwith a shoe-bottom rest included in the machine;

Fig. '7 is a view mainly in right-hand side elevation of partsassociated with an insole edge holddown also included in the machine;

Fig. 8 is a view in vertical section of a portion of the structure shownin Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a View in rear elevation of operating means associated withthe insole edge holddown;

Fig. 10 is a view mainly in left-hand side elevation of tripping meansassociated with the insole edge holddown;

Fig. 11 is a view in front elevation of a toe -end gage and partsassociated therewith;

Fig. 12 is a detail view in front elevation, with parts broken away, ofmechanism associated with an operator-controlled arm by which parts ofthe machine are operated;

Fig. 13 is a section on the line XIIIXIII of Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a detail view in rear elevation of a portion of the operatingmechanism;

Fig. 15 is a view in elevation in the direction of the arrow XV in Fig.14; and

Fig. 16 is a detail view in right-hand side elevation of a centrilizingdevice associated with a heel-end support forming part of theshoe-supporting and positioning means.

The machine in which the invention is herein shown as embodied has abase casting comprising a pair of side members I (Figs. 1 and 2) whichsupport a multi-part main frame 3 somewhat boxlike in form, this framehaving a front wall with a U-shaped opening therein and having also apartition 5 (Fig. 2) extending from side to side thereof and dividing itinto what may be termed front and rear compartments. The frontcompartment is open at the top and houses some of the shoe-controllinginstrumentalities of the machine, while the rear compartment has a backwall provided with a readily detachable cover plate (not shown). Securedto the frame 3 at the left-hand side thereof is a casting 9 having acylindrical portion with a vertical bore therein to serve as a guide formeans supporting the toe wipers and parts associated therewith, ashereinafter described.

For supporting and positioning the shoe, including an upper and aninsole mounted on a last with the upper in pulled-over condition, themachine is provided with a post I! (Figs. 1 and 4) having an enlargedupper portion 13 which carries a last pin I5 arranged to enter the usualspindle hole in the heel-end portion of the last;

a heel rest I! (Figs. 1, 2 and 4) arranged to err-'- gage the heel-endface of the shoe; a toe rest l9 (Fig. 1) arranged to engage the top ofthe forepart of the shoe underneath; a shoe-bottom rest 2| (Figs. 1 and2) between which and the toe rest the forepart of the shoe is clamped; atoe-end gage 23 (Figs. 1, 2 and 11) arranged initially to position theshoe lengthwise by engagement with its toe-end face; and an insole edgeholddown 25 (Figs. 1, 2 and 7) arranged to support the edge of theinsole against buckling when the toe wipers, hereinafter described, wipethe marginal portion of the upper inwardly over the toe end of theinsole. Much of the mechanism for operating or controlling these partslies behind the partition 5 of the frame in the abovementioned rearcompartment.

The toe rest I9 comprises a rubber pad having an upper-engaging surfaceshaped to receive the forepart portion of the shoe. This pad is mountedon a plate 26 (Figs. 1 and 2) secured to the upper end of a post 21which is vertically movable in alined bores formed in bosses 29 and 32on the frame; This toe post has a lower portion 35 of reduced diameterextending downwardly through a sleeve 31 which is threaded in a boreformed in a boss 39 on the frame, the sleeve 31 having formed on itslower end a head 43 by which it may be turned to adjust it heightwise inthe boss 39. Below the sleeve the portion 35 of the post is threaded andhas a nut 38 thereon. Surrounding the portion 35 of the post between ashoulder on the post and the upper end of the sleeve 31 is a compressionspring 4| which tends to move the post in an upward direction, its upward movement being limited by engagement of the nut 38 with the head 43of the sleeve 31. Adjustment of the sleeve, therefore, determines theheight of the toe rest before a shoe is presented to the machine. Thepost 2'! is prevented from turning by a vertical guide rib formed on aguide plate 28 (Fig. 2) secured to the frame, this rib extending into aslot in the plate 26. i

When a shoe is presented to the machine the toe rest l9 may movedownwardly against the resistance of the spring 4| as the shoe-bottomrest is moved downward to position the shoe as hereinafter described,but near the end of the downward movement of the shoe-bottom rest thetoe rest is locked against further downward movement by one or the otherof a pair of stag gered pawls 45 mounted on a shaft 4'1 extendingforwardly and rearwardly through bores formed in lugs on the boss 32.Such locking of the toe rest enables it to support the shoe firmlyagainst downward pressure of the wipers thereon and insures that theshoe will be firmly clamped between it and the shoe-bottom rest. For thepurpose described the pawls 45 are caused, at the required time, toengage a rack 51 secured to the post 21, the pawls being forced intoengagement with the rack by springs 53. They are held initially out ofengagement with the rack through a link pivotally connected at itslefthand end to a pin 51 extending rearwardly from an arm 59 which issecured to the shaft 41. The front one of the two pawls is secured onthis shaft, but the other is freely rotatable thereon; Extendingforwardly from the rear pawl is a pin 49 which lies at the left-handside of the front pawl, and when the latter is moved to disengage itfrom the rack 51 it acts through this pin to disengage the rear pawlalso from the rack. The means for operating the link 55 to control thepawls will be hereinafter described.

The lower end of the heel-end supporting post I I which carries the lastpin I5 has secured therein a pin BI (Figs. 1, 4 and 16) by means ofwhich it is mounted for swinging movements in directions lengthwise ofthe shoe on a bracket 63 provided with arms 65 extending upwardly at thefront and rear of the lower end of the post to assist in controlling thepost. The bracket 33 is secured on a pin 67 extending in directionslengthwise of the shoe and mounted toturn in a bearing formed in anupwardly extending lug on a carrier bracket 69. The end portion of thepin 61 extending beyond the right-hand side of the lug has fast thereona forwardly and rearwardly extending centralizing lever ll engaged onits lower face by a hardened plate 13. A pin 12 extending from theabove-mentioned lug into a slot in the plate 13 midway between the frontand rear ends of the plate holds the plate against forward or rearwardmovement while permitting tipping movements thereof, the plate beingfurther controlled by pins f (Fig. 16) extending upwardly from thebracket 69 at the right of the plate as viewed from the front of themachine. The front and rear ends of the plate 13 lie beneath flat lowerfaces formed on ears "I4 on a bracket I6 secured to the above-mentionedlug on the bracket 69. The plate 13 is engaged centrally underneath by acompression spring 15 mounted in a downwardly extending bore in thebracket 69. The post I I, therefore, may be swung to some extentforwardly and rearwardly about the axis of the pin 61 against theresistance of the spring 15, such movement of the post serving todepress one or the other of the ends of the plate '13 away from thecorresponding ear I4 and being limited by engagement of the plate withthe bracket 69. It will be understood that the spring 75 holds the postnormally in a central position with respect to such forward andrearward. movements. The post II also may swing in directions lengthwiseof the shoe about the axis of the pin GI, such movement of the posttoward the right with reference to Fig. 4 being yieldingly resisted by aspring-pressed plunger 71 mounted in a bore formed in a forwardextension 16 of the bracket 69, the plunger acting on an arm 79 securedto the pin GI. Upward movement of the plunger 11 is limited byengagement of a nut 8| on a downwardly extending stem of the plungerwith the lower face of the extension I8. The plunger serves initially tohold the last pin I far enough away from the heel rest I! to permit theoperator to mount a last on the last pin without interference of theheel rest with the shoe.

The carrier bracket '69 is secured to the lower end portion of anupwardly and downwardly ex tending tubular member 83 (Figs. 1 and 4),and fast on the upper end portion of this member is a block 85 whichsupports the heel rest H. The heel rest is V-shaped in plan and ispivotally mounted by means of a pin 81 extending widthwise of the shoeon a carrier 89 which has a stem 9| extending lengthwise of the shoe ina bore in the block 85. The stem 9| is rotatable in the bore and isretained therein by means of a screw 86 threaded in the block 85 andextending into a peripheral groove in the stem. Rotation of the carrier89 and the heel rest about the axis of the stem 9| is limited by a pin9!] extending from the carrier into a recess in the block 85.

The tubular member 83 thus supports both the heel rest I1 and the postII with the last pin I5 thereonfor upward and downward movements inunison by reason of the fact that themember 83 is mounted thus to moverelatively to a casting 93. The member 83 is guided in its upward anddownward movements by means of four spoolshaped rolls freely rotatableon studs 91 in the casting 93, two of the rolls being arranged to engagethe member respectively on its front and rear sides in locations not farbelow the block 85 and two others being arranged similarly to engage itin locations farther downwardly on the member. The tubular member isheld against rotation about its own axis by a block 92 mounted to turnon a stud 94 carried by the member and movable along an upwardly anddownwardly ex tending guideway 33 in the casting 93.

The lower end portion of the casting 93 is secured to a plate as whichis fast on a clutch member ISI (Figs. 4 and 5). This clutch member has acylindrical outer face with a flange I62 thereon, and it is arranged toturn in a-bearing bracket I53 about an axis extending lengthwise of theshoe. The plate 99 and the flange I02 serve by engagement with thebracket I03 to hold the clutch member against movement lengthwise of theabove axis. Secured to the bracket I93 is an upwardly extending thrustmember I65 provided with a fiat machined surface It? in engagement witha flat machined surface I (33 on the block 85 which carries the heelrest. It is, therefore, by engagement of the thrust member with theblock 85 that-the heel rest is forced against the shoe.

The bearing bracket I83 is pivotally mounted for movement about an axisextending widthwise of the shoe and for this purpose is provided with astem I H (Fig. 5) extending rearwardly therefrom within a sleeve II3 thefront end of which has integral therewith a downwardly extending arm H5.The sleeve H3 is mounted on roller bearings i ll located in a housingwhich forms part of a bearingbracket H3 (see also Fig. 2) secured to thepartition 5 of the machine frame. The rear end portion of'the'sleeve II3has keyed thereto an upwardly extending operating arm i2I, seeFig, 3,controlled as hereinafter described, and this arm is retained on thesleeve by a nut I22 threaded on the sleeve andclamping the hub of thearm against a split washer I23 mounted in a peripheral recess inthesleeve. The stem III is retained in the sleeve H3 by a washer I24secured on the rear end of the stem bya screw I25.

The lower end portion of the arm II5 (Fig. 5) has a slot extendinglengthwise thereofto receive a pin I25 extending rearwardly froma diskI2! on which the pin is eccentrically ar--' ranged. The disk I27 has aforwardly extending stem I29 rotatable in a bore formed in a lug I3Iextending downwardly from the bearing bracket I03. The stem I29 hassecured therein the rear end of a rod I33 extending forwardly through asecond lug I35 on the bracket I03 and having on its front end a handwheel I31 for turning it. Mounted between the hand wheel and the lug I35is a. compression spring I39 which tends to move the rod I33 and thedisk l2? forwardly and holds these parts normally,-

with respect to rotation, in a position determined axis of its stem IEIto adjust the heel rest I'!" preliminarily lengthwise of a shoe asrequired by shoes differing substantially in length. It will beunderstood that when such an adjustment is made the arms II and I2I arestationary, the adjustment resulting from the engagement of theeccentric pin I25 with the arm II5. After the adjustment the spring I39is permitted to return the rod I33, the pin MI entering the appropriatehole in the disk I21.

Initially the casting 93, carrying the tubular member 83 which supportsthe heel rest and the post II, may swing in directions widthwise of theshoe relatively to the bearing bracket I93 about the axis of the clutchmember I9I. The heel rest and the post, therefore, may swing as a unitabout this axis. Such movement of the casting 93 is limited byengagement thereof with front and rear stop screws I45, I41 mounted inlugs I48 formed on a bracket I49 secured to the thrust member I95 (Figs.1, 4 and 5). This permits the heel rest to assume the proper position inaccordance with the amount of swing of the last. To secure the casting93 thereafter against any such swinging movement, there is provided aclutch member I5I (Fig. 4) having an external conical clutch face I53arranged to engage a corresponding internal clutch face I55 on theclutch member I9I which is fixed relatively to the casting 93. Theclutch member I5I has a hub portion I51 freely mounted on a stem I59extending from the hub of the clutch member H, the member I5I being heldagainst rotation about the stem I59 by a plate I58 secured thereto andhaving a bifurcated portion embracing a stud I62 mounted in the bracketI93. A compression spring I6I mounted between the hub portions of thetwo clutch members normally holds the clutch member I5I in such aposition that the clutch faces on the two members are not in clutchingengagement with each other. Movement of the clutch member I5I axially ofthe stem I59 is limited by a pin I63 extending diametrically of the hubportion I51 of this clutch member through a clearance hole I66 in thestem I59. Secured to the hub portion I51 beyond the end of the stem I59is a cap I65 having a projection I91 centrally thereof. This projectionis arranged to be engaged by means hereinafter described for forcing theclutch member I5I against the resistance of the spring l5I intoeffective engagement with the clutch member I9I and for thereby lockingthe casting 93 and the heel rest against forward or rearward swingingmovement.

Movement of the bearing bracket I93 about the axis of its stem III toforce the heel rest against the shoe is effected by swinging movement ofthe previously mentioned arm I2I in a clockwise direction with referenceto Fig. 3. For this purpose the upper end portion of the arm isbifurcated and has pivotally mounted in its two forks a member I69provided with a transverse bore in which is slidably mounted, betweenthe forks, a sleeve I1 I. Extending through this sleeve is a rod I13 oneend of which is provided with an enlarged head pivotally connected by apin I to an arm I11. Surrounding the rod I13 between its enlarged headand a flange ISI on one end of the sleeve I1I is a compression springI19, the flange IBI engaging the member I69. On the opposite end of therod from its enlarged head is a nut I82 for retaining the rod within thesleeve. The rod I13 and the arm I11 serve as a toggle which, by swingingmovement of the arm I11, is moved from a broken position to astraightened position as shown in Fig. 3 to thrust the heel rest againstthe heel end of the shoe, the spring I19 yielding as required after theengagement of the heel rest with the shoe. The arm I11 is thus swung,through mechanism hereinafter described, by a hand-operated arm I83(Figs. 1 and 2) which also operates other parts as later described.

In presenting a shoe in position to be operated upon the operator placesthe heel end of the last on the last pin I5 and swings the post II awayfrom the tubular member 83 until the toe end of the shoe is over the toerest I9. He positions the toe end of the shoe widthwise relativelyto thewipers by sight, the wipers being intheir lowered positions and theiroutline corresponding closely to the outline of the edge of the toeportion of the shoe bottom. The operator is assisted in positioning theshoe lengthwise in proper relation to the wipers by the toe-end gage 23which at this time occupies a predetermined operative position in themachine as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 2.

The toe-end gage 23 consists of a hardened block mounted for adjustmentlengthwise of the shoe on an end portion of a curved arm I85 (Figs. 1, 2and 11) which is secured to a forwardly and rearwardly extending shaftI81 journaled in a bearing in a bracket I99 supported as hereinafterdescribed. The arm I85 has integral therewith a rearwardly extending lugI9I to the rear end of which is secured one arm I92 of a two-armed leverI92, I93 also secured to the shaft I81 behind the bearing in the bracketI89. The arm I93 of the lever is pivotally connected by a stud I95 (Fig.11) to the left-hand end of a long operating link I91 extending towardthe right of the machine (Fig. 2), the right-hand end of this linkhaving therein an elongated slot I99 (Fig. 14) into which extends a pin2M. As hereinafter described, this pin is caused at times to engage thelink I91 at the opposite ends of the slot I99 and to move the link inopposite directions to cause the toe-end gage to be moved into and outof operative position. The arm I92 of the lever I92, I93 has one end ofa link 293 (Fig. 11) pivotally connected thereto, the other end of thislink being connected to one end of a spring 295 the other end of whichis connected by a pin 291 to an arm 299 secured to the bracket I 89. Theoperative position of the toe-end gage is determined by engagement ofone face of a lug 2 on the arm I93 with one face of a lug 2I3 on thebracket I89, and when the gage is in operative position the line offorce of the spring 285 is below the axis of the shaft I81, so that thespring serves to hold the gage in that position. When the link I91 ismoved toward the right in the manner hereinafter explained, the leverI92, I93 and the arm I85 are swung counterclockwise as viewed from thefront of the machine until the line of force of the spring 295 crossesthe axis of the shaft I91. The spring then swings the lever and the armstill farther in the same direct1on to carry the gage to its inoperativeposition in which it is shown in full lines in Fig. 2, this position ofthe gage being determined by engagement of one face of a lug 2I5 on thearm with another face of the lug 2I3 on the bracket I89. It wil1 beunderstood that as the gage is thus moved by the spring the link I91moves relatively to the pin 2!. When the link I91 is later moved towardthe left by the pin 28I it swings the lever I92, I93 and the armclockwise until the line of force of the spring 285 again crosses theaxis of the shaft I81, whereupon the spring completes the movement thetoe-end gageto its operative position.

For determining the position of the bottom of the shoe heightwiseregardless of its size or of the thickness of the shoe materials themachine is provided with the previously mentioned shoebottom rest 2 lThis shoe-bottom rest comprises a plate which is generally rectangularin plan (Fig. 2) but has a projection 22| extending toward the toe endof the shoe and also has on its lower face three downwardly extendinginsoleengaging projections (not shown). The shoebottom rest is securedto the front end of a forwardly extending arm 223 of a three-armed lever225 (Fig. 6) which is pivotally mounted on a pin 22'! and has arearwardly extending arm 22%. The rear end 0 the arm 226 is providedwith a stud 229 on which is mounted a roll 23! lying within a cam track233 formed in a plate 235 (see also Fig. 3), this plate being secured toone of two brackets 231 fast on the frame and spaced apart widthwise ofthe machine. .The pin 22? has mounted thereon at opposite sides of thelever 225 the upper end portions of upwardly extending arms 233 ofbell-crank levers 239, 2M, the arms 24! of these levers extending towardthe rear of the machine. A third arm 213 of the three-armed lever 225extends downwardly and is provided in a bifurcated lower end thereofwith a pin 21%; on which is mounted a roll 22?. This roll is arrangedtobear against a rear vertical face of a plate 215 secured between thebrackets 23'! and the partition 5 of the frame and to be held againstthe plate as the pressure of the shoe on the shoe-bottom rest tends toswing the lever 225 in a clockwise direction with reference to Fig. 6about the pin 221. The ends of the pin 22'? have thereon rolls 243retained on the pin by nuts 2 55 and washers 247. When the shoebottomrest is in operative position the rolls 243 lie in slots 249 formed inupper end portions of the brackets 231. The bell-crank levers 239, 24!are fulcrumed on a pin 25| which has thereon rolls 253 lying in verticalslots 255 in the lower end portions of the brackets 231. The arms 239 ofthese levers are held in spaced relation by shoulders formed on pins 260and 26! extending between the arms 2 The pin 25! has connected thereto,in a location between the bellcrank levers, the upper end of anoperating rod 259. The arms 239 are guided in their upward and downwardmovements by rolls 240 (Figs. 3 and 6) mounted on pins 242 in thebrackets 231. The end portions of the pin 26I have mounted thereon rolls263. When the shoe-bottom rest is in operative position the rolls 243are at the lower ends of the slot 242, the roll 23I is at the lower endof a downturned portion 285 of the cam track 233, the rolls 253 are atthe lower ends of the slots 2% and the rolls 263 are spaced somewhatbelow lower faces 26'! on the brackets 23?. In releasing the shoe afterthe toe-lasting operation the rod 259 is moved upwardly to raise bodilythe bell-crank levers 239, 2M until the rolls 2 3 reach the upper endsof the slots 248, the roll 23! reaches the upper end of the portion 265of the cam track 233 and the rolls 283 on the arms 2%! engage the faces2%! on the brackets 23?. In this manner the shoe-bottom-rest is movedvertically upward away from the shoe. Further upward movement of the rod259 thereafter causes the bell-crank levers 239, 224 to swing about theaxis of the pin 25! as this pin is moved farther upwardly, since therolls 2%? are in engagement with the faces 267, and accordingly the arm223 and the shoe-bottom-rest are carried bodily rearward and slightlyfarther upward to inoperative positions, the cam track 233 guiding thelever 225 in this movement. Springs 269 connected to the pin Eiii and topins 2' on the brackets 23? tend to hold the rolls 263 against the faces26? and therefore cause the bell-crank levers 239, 24! to swingreversely when the rod 259 is moved downwardly as hereinafter describedto carry the shoe-bottom-rest toward operative position. Accordingly,the shoe-bottom-rest is carried first to a position directly over theshoe, after which it is moved vertically downward into engagement withthe shoe. Continued downward movement thereof forces the toe end of theshoe and the toe rest l9downwardly against the resistance of the spring4|. Just prior to the completion of the downward movement of theshoe-bottom-rest the toe rest is locked against further downwardmovement by the pawls 25, and accordingly the final portion of thedownward movement of the shoe-bottom-rest squeezes the toe-end portionof the shoe against the rubber toe rest and positions the bottom of theforepart of the shoe at a height determined irrespective of the size ofthe shoe and the thickness of the shoe materials.

To insure that the marginal portion of the toe end of the insole will beheld down on the last and prevented from buckling during the overwipingaction of the wipers, and also to prevent engagement of the margin ofthe upper with the insole when the wipers first wipe it inwardly, thepreviously mentioned insole edge holddown 25 is provided. This holddownconsists of a comparatively thin plate-like member 253i of spring steel(Figs. 2 and 7) the outline of which in plan corresponds approximatelyto that of the toe-end portion of an insole. The member 28! is alsosomewhat arched upwardly to insure that its edge portion willeffectively engage the insole. Formed integral with it are upwardlyextending lugs 283 secured to an end portion of an arm 285. This arm hasextending rearwardly therefrom (Fig. 8) a tubular stem 28'! mounted in abore formed in a sleeve portion 289 of a carrier 29!. The carrier hasupwardly extending parallel arms 29s pinned to the opposite end portionsof a shaft 295 which is rotatable in a bearing 29? formed in an arm 299extending outwardly from a hub 30]. In order that the holddown member28! may be quickly removed from the machine and replaced by another of asomewhat different shape, the tubular stem 28! has in its rear-endportion a notch 303 into which is arranged to extend a latch 3% formedon a resilient arm 30? which is secured in a bushing 309. This bushingis mounted for turning movement in the rear-end portion of the sleeve289 and is secured to the front end of a square-sectioned resilienttorsion bar 3H which extends rearwardly into a bore in a sleeve-likeextension 3i3 secured to a rear portion of the carrier 29! in axialalinement with the sleeve portion 289 of the carrier. The torsion bar 3!i is secured at its rear end in the extension 3| 3 by a setscrew 3|5(Fig. '7). The torsion bar controls the edge holddown member 28! in suchmanner as to permit it to yield upon engagement with the insole.

To release the stem 28'! and the arm 285 from the latch 385, a plunger3|! having a wedge face tie is mounted within the stem. This plungerextends outwardly beyond the front end of the stem and has a head on itsfront end by which it may be moved inwardly to cause its wedge face 3!9to engage an inclined face on the latch 305 and thus to withdraw thelatch from the notch 393. The holddown member 28!, together with the arm285 and the stem 281, may then be removed from the machine. Axialmovement of the plunger 3E1 is limited by a transverse pin 32! whichextends through it into elongated slots 323 in the stem 281. The pin 32!serves also to position the plunger properly with respect to turningmovement in the stem.

Pinned to the shaft 295 at its rear end is an upwardly extending arm 325(Figs. 3 and '7) the upper end of which is bifurcated to receive betweenits forks an adjusting spindle 321 having thereon flanges 329 inengagement respectively with the opposite sides of the arm. The spindleis threaded in an upstanding lug 33! on the arm 299 and has a knob 333on its outer end for turning it. By rotation of the spindle the arm 325is swung to turn the shaft 295 in one direction or the other and therebyto swing the carrier 29! to adjust the holddown member 28! lengthwise ofthe shoe. This adjustment also varies somewhat the position of themember 28! heightwise of the shoe relatively to the arm 299 andtherefore varies the pressure which it applies to the marginal portionof the insole.

The hub 39!, from which the arm 299 extends, is secured to the upper endportion of a vertical tubular post 335 which is mounted for downward andupward movements and for turning movements. For this purpose the post ispositioned be tween an upper pair of rolls 331 and a lower pair of rolls339. The rolls 331 are freely rotatable on pins 34! extending between abracket 343 secured to the rear of the partition and another bracket 344secured to the bracket 343, the bracket 343 having bolted thereto thepreviously mentioned bracket !89 associated with the mechanism foroperating the toe-end gage. The

cam track lies a roll 343 mounted on a stud 35! I extending outwardlyfrom the hub 35! of the arm 299. By the action of the cam track,therefore, the insole edge holddown member 28!, in response to upwardmovement of the post 335, is swung in a counterclockwise direction asviewed from above toward the rear of the machine to an inoperativeposition well out of the operators way. Movement of the member 23! fromthat position to its operative position may be effected, as an incidentto what may be termed the jacking of the shoe, by mechanism about to bedescribed for imparting downward movement to the post 335.Alternatively, as will be described, this mechanism may be so adjustedthat the holddown member must be moved to its operative position by theoperator after the jacking of the shoe, a handle 355 being mounted onthe arm 299 for this purpose.

Secured to the lower end of the post 335 is a two-part bearing member351 provided with a partly spherical bearing in which is mounted one endof a dumbbell-shaped link 359 (Figs. 3 and 9), the other end of thislink being mounted in a bearing formed in an end of an arm 36!. This armis mounted for free swinging movement on a shaft 353 journaled at oneend in a bearing in the partition 5 and at the other end in a bearing ina bracket 365 secured to the rear of the partition, the shaft being heldin place by plates 355 secured to the bracket and the partition. Formoving the post 335 upwardly a spring 351 is connected to a plate 369pivotally mounted on a pin 31! on the arm 36! and to a pin 315 mountedin the lower end of a tension-adjusting member 311. This member has athreaded stern extending upwardly through a clearance hole in a lug 319on the right-hand bracket 231, as viewed in Fig. 3, and a nut 38!threaded on the stem engages the upper face of the lug. By turning thenut, therefore, the tension of the spring 351 may be adjusted. Upwardmovement of the post 335 is limited by engagement of a stop collar 358fast thereon with a lower face of the bracket 355. For moving the arm inthe direction to lower the post 335 against the resistance of the spring391, there is provided a lever 383 fulcrumed on the shaft 353 and havingparallel arms through bearings in which extends a spindle 385. Thisspindle has a pawl 381 secured on one end thereof and a trip leverhaving two arms 339, 33! secured on its other end. Connected to one endof the arm 39! is a spring 333 which is connected at its other end to ahook 335 mounted on a hub portion of the lever 393. This spring tends toswing the pawl 381 in a counterclockwise direction with reference toFigs. 3 and 9 and positions it normally above a hardened block 391secured to the arm 36 such movement of the pawl being limited byengagement of the arm 39! with a pin 392 mounted in a lug on the lever333. When this lever, therefore, is swung in a clockwise direction withreference to Figs. 3 and 9 about the shaft 353, the pawl 381 transmitssimilar movement to the arm 35! to lower the post 335 and thus to carrythe insole edge holddown to operative position. The lever 383 isconnected by means of a stud 399 to the upper end of a composite link49! the length of which may be adjusted by a turnbuckle connecting itsopposite end portions.

The lower end of the link 49! is connected by a stud 493 to one end ofan operating lever having two arms 405, 431. This lever is fulcrumedbetween its opposite ends on a roller bearing mounted on a fulcrum pin499, this pin being secured to the partition 5 by bolts extendingthrough a flange 4!! on the pin into the partition. The lever isretained on th pin by means of an end plate M3 secured to the in. On thearm 495 of the lever is formed a bifurcated lug M5 to which is connectedby a pin M1 the lower end of the previously mentioned rod 259 foroperating the shoe-bottom rest. Accordingly, as the lever 455, 401 isswung clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 3, the shoe-bottom rest and theinsole edge holddown are both moved to operative positions.

After a shoe has been jacked in position to be operated upon by thewipers and after the wipers have been operated to wipe the marginalportion of the toe end of the upper inwardly over the edge portion ofthe insole edge holddown member 28!, it is necessary to cause thismember to be withdrawn from its operative position, so that the wipersmay press the upper into position to adhere to the inscle. In order thatthis may be accomplished while the shoe-bottom rest remains in itsoperative position, means is provided for swinging the pawl 331clockwise as viewed in Fig. 3 to carry its lower end away from over theblock 3-91 on the arm 35!. This arm will then be moved relatively to thelever 383 in a counterclockwise direction by the spring 36'! to raisethe post 335. This movement of the post causes the insole edge holddownmember 28! to be raised and swung rearwardly to its inoperativeposition, the pressure of the wipers on the upper being slightlyrelieved by the operator to permit the holddown member to be withdrawnfrom beneath the margin of the upper. As the post 335 begins to rise thetorsion bar 3! I (Fig. 8) tends to cause the arm 285 to swing in acounterclockwise direction as viewed from the front of the machine, andthe resilience of the holddown member ZBI itself also tends to cause thecentral portion thereof to arch upwardly and by engagement with theupper materials in front of the wipers to cause the member to bedeflected lengthwise of the shoe from beneath the margin of the uppe'.This causes the post 335 to turn counterclockwise as viewed from above,a recess or offset 348 being provided in the wall. of the cam track 34'!to permit this movement. When the shoe is later released from themachine and the shoe-bottom rest is returned to its inoperative positionby counterclockwise movement of the lever 405, 401, as viewed in Fig. 3,the lever 383 is swung counterclockwise relatively to the arm 36! untilthe pawl 38! is again positioned above the block 391.

For disengaging the pawl 38'! from the block 331 there is provided aknee pad H9 (Figs. 1, 2 and 10) mounted on the upper end of a rod 421which has a rearwardly extending lower end portion secured in an arm 423extending forwardly through a vertical slot (not shown) in a cover plate426 fast on the base casting. The arm 423 is secured to one end portionof a shaft 423 journaled in bearings on the cover plate 423. Secured tothe other end of the shaft 425 is a rearwardly extending arm 429 therear end of which overlies the front end portion of one arm 43! of atwoarmed lever 43i, 433, the arm 429 having therein a setscrew 435 whichengages the upper face of the arm 43!. The lever 43!, 433 is freelypivoted on a stud 437 secured in a bracket 433 which is bolted to one ofthe side members I of the base casting. The upper face of the rear endportion of the arm 433 is hollowed out to receive the lower end of atrip rod i ll which extends upwardly through a vertical bore in a lug443 (Fig. 3) formed on the rear of the partition 5 of the frame. Theupper end of the trip rod 44L when the insole edge holddown is inoperative position, is located just below the arm 389 of the lever 389,393, as shown in Fig. 3. Rearward movement of the knee pad liii,therefore, causes upward movement of the trip rod to swing the lever389, 39! and thereby to release the arm 36 i. A spring 4 2-3 (Fig.connected to pins mounted respectively on the arm 1233 and the bracket439 tends to swing the knee pad forwardly, this movement of the padbeing limited by engagement of the arm 623 with the cover plate 426 atthe lower end of the slot in the cover plate.

The insole edge holddown member 281 may conveniently be moved intooperative position as above described simultaneously with the movementof the shoe-bottom rest when the machine is to operate on a shoe thelining and the toe box of which have been previously trimmed as desiredpreparatory to the toe-lasting operation, cement also having beenapplied to the margin of the upper and to the insole. In many cases,however, it is necessary to perform the trimming and cement-applyingoperations by hand after (iii the shoe has been secured in placebythe-shoebottom rest, and it is not convenient for the edge holddownmember to be in operative position when these operations are performed.In order to prevent this it is only necessary for the operator toshorten slightly the composite link so. that when the lever 383 is swungin a counterclockwise direction with reference to Fig. 8 in the returnof the parts to starting positions the pawl 38'! will not be carriedupwardly far enough to be positioned over the block 391. In operating,therefore, on a shoe the operator will use the handle 355 at the propertime to swing the edge holddown member into position over the shoe andto move it downwardly in the path determined by the cam track 347, thuscausing the arm 36! to swing clockwise with reference to Fig. 3 untilthe pawl 38'! rides over the block 331 to retain the edge holddownmember in operative position. Thereafter the member will be released andmoved'to inoperative position at the required time .in response tomovement of the knee pad 419 in the manner previously described.

The manner in which the various mechanisms hereinbefore described areconnected to and operated by the arm I83 will now be more particularlyexplained. This arm has a hub 444 (Fig. 13) mounted to turn about ashaft 435 extending forwardly and rearwardly of the machine and mountedon the frame. Secured to the hub of the arm is a gear wheel 44'! in meshwith another gear wheel 449 (Figs. 2 and 12) keyed to a shaft 45! whichis parallel to the shaft 445 and is journaled in hearings in the frame.The shaft 45H extends through the partition 5 and immediately behind thepartition has an arm 453 (Fig. 15) secured thereto. Coaxial with theshaft 45! but spaced somewhat rearwardly therefrom is a stub shaft 455on which the previously mentioned arm IT! (Fig. 3) is pivotally mounted.Formed integral with this arm is an arm 45'! which is parallel to thearm 453. Outer end portions of the arms 453 and 457 are connectedtogether by a stud 461 which is secured to the arms, and on this stud ispivotally mounted, between the arms, a downwardly extending link 433.The lower end of this link is bifurcated and is pivotally connected tothe upper end of a downwardly extending connecting rod 435 by means of apin 461, the rod 465 being pivotally connected at its lower end to thearm 431 of the lever 495, 4G! for operating this lever. When the arm I83is swung in a counterclockwise direction from an initial position to theposition in which it is shown in Fig. 1, the arms 453, 45'! are swungcounterclockwise, as viewed in Figs. 3 and 14, from initial positions inwhich an inverted toggle formed by these arms and the link 433 is in abroken condition to a position in which this toggle has moved veryslightly past its straightened condition, this movement of the togglebeing limited by engagement of an edge of the link 433 with stop facesformed on lugs 463 (Fig. 15) extending from the arms 453, 45?. The partswill then remain in these positions until the toggle is returned to itsinitial position. The lugs .59 extend toward each other into abuttingrelation and thereby serve to space the arms 453, 45f from each other.Extending forwardly and rearwardly through bores in the lugs 569 is astud 4?! (Fig. 14).

When the inverted toggle above referred to has been moved slightly pastits straightened condition as above describe'd,the toggle formed by thearm I11 and the rod H3 is in straightened condition as shown in Figs. 3and 14. The heel rest, therefore, is in engagement with the heel end ofthe shoe and, the rod 465 having been raised by the straightening of theinverted toggle, the lever 455, 45'! will have been swung clockwise, asviewed in Fig. 3, to move the shoe bottom rest and the insole edgeholddown (if the link 40! is appropriately adjusted) to their operativepositions.

The arm 557 has integral therewith an outwardly extending lug 473 whichcarries the previously mentioned pin lying in the slot H in the linkI97. As the arm is swung counterclockwise with reference to Fig. 3, asabove described, the pin 20! engages the link I51 at the outer end ofthe slot 99 and moves the link in the direction to cause the toe endgage 23 to be moved to its inoperative position. The pin and slotprovide for such lost motion that only a late portion of the movement ofthe arm is effective to move the toe end gage, the gage remaining inoperative position until the jack ing of the shoe has been substantiallycompleted.

For controlling the link (Fig. 1) associated with the pawls 45 whichlook the toe rest It against downward movement the right-hand end of thelink is connected by a pin 475 (Fig. 14), which extends into a slot inthe link, to an arm 41'! (Fig. 15) secured to the shaft 45!. Prior tothe jacking of a shoe in the machine the pawls 45 are held out ofengagement with the rack 5| by engagement of the pin 575 with the link55 at the left-hand end of the slot in the link, as the parts are viewedin Fig. 14:, and only when the inverted toggle provided by the arms 453,451 and the link 463 has been nearly straightened are the pawlspermitted actually to engage the rack. The slot in the link thereafterpermits movement of the arm 4?! to continue as the toggle completes itsmovement to the position determined by engagement of the link 463 withthe lugs 459.

Near the end of the operation of jacking the shoe in the machine theheel rest and the last pin are positively locked against downwardmovement. For this purpose the lower end of the tubular member 83 hasthereon a bearing member 419 (Figs. 1 and 4) provided with a recess inwhich is seated the rounded upper end of a rod 481 the lower rounded endof which engages a bearing surface in the outer end of an arm 583, thisarm being formed integral with a segmental member 485 provided with aboss 487 by which it is pivotally mounted on a shaft 489. Springs 491connected to pins 493 in the member 83 and pins 495 in the end of thearm 483 keep the rod 48l in abutting relation to the bearing surfaces ofthe member 419 and the arm 583. A peripheral portion of the segmentalmember 485 has secured thereto an arcuate member 491 with ratchet teeththereon, and to lock the member 83 against downward movement a pair ofstaggered pawls 599 mounted on a shaft 50!, which is supported by twobrackets 553 fast on the frame, are caused at the proper time to engagethe teeth on the member 491. The shaft 589 also is supported by thebrackets 503. The pawls 499 are urged in the direction to engage theratchet teeth by springs 555 connected to them and to hooks secured tothe brackets 553. The foremost pawl is fast on the shaft 551 and theother is freely pivoted on the shaft but has a pin 5B9 extendingforwardly adjacent to the outer end of the foremost pawl. An arm 557fast on the shaft 50! is arranged to be engaged by a pin 5 (Fig. 4)extending rearwardly from an arm 5E3 before a shoe is jacked in themachine to hold the pawls out of engagement with the ratchet teeth, sothat the heel rest and the last pin may be moved downwardly together.Such downward movement of the heel rest and the last pin takes placeagainst the resistance of a spring 555 connected to an arm 55'!extending downwardly from the shaft 485 and to a lug on the frame.

The arm 5i3 is secured to a shaft 52! journaled in bearings in theframe, and to this shaft is also secured an upwardly extending arm 523the upper end of which is bifurcated and has a trunnion pin 525 mountedto turn therein. Through a transverse bore in this pin extends a rod 521having on one end an enlarged head 529 and on its other end screwthreads on which are mounted a nut and a lock nut. Surrounding the rodbetween the trunnion pin 525 and the head 525 is a spring 539. Extendingthrough the head 529 is a pin 53l by which the rod 527 is pivotallyconnected to an arm 553 of a bell-crank lever having another arm 535,the rod 52? and the arm 533 forming a toggle. This bell-crank lever ispivotally mounted on a shaft 53'! secured in the machine frame. The arm535 is bifurcated and is pivotally connected by a pivot pin 541 to thelower end portion 5 of a composite link including also an upper portion553 and a turn buckle 555 for adjusting the length of the link. Theupper portion 543 of the link is connected to the hub 344 of the arm [83by a pivot pin 549. The arm 523 also carries a member 55! provided withan arcuate face 553 arranged to engage the projection I51 of the member465 for moving the clutch member 15! into position to lock the memberagainst forward or rearward swinging movement. The constructiondescribed is such that when the arm !83 is in its initial position thelink 54!, 543 is in a lowered position, so that the toggle formed by therod 52'! and the arm 535 is broken in a downward direction. Under theseconditions the pawls 598 are out of engagement with the ratchet teeth onthe member .97 and the face 553 on the member 55| is clear of theprojection I61. The member 83 carrying the heel rest and the last pin isthus free to be moved downwardly and the. casting 93 may be swung tocarry the heel rest and the last pin forwardly or rearwardly. When thearm [83 is swung in the direction to jack the shoe the link 54L 543 ismoved upwardly to straighten the toggle formed by the rod 52'! and thearm 533, as shown in Fig. 4, thus releasing the pawls 499 to cause themto lock the member 83 against downward movement and forcing the clutchmember i5! into clutching engagement with the member IO! to lock thecasting 93 and the member 83 against forward or rearward movement.

For locking the heel rest against reverse movement after it has beenmoved into shoe-engaging position, the upper end portion of the thrustmember N15 has pivotally connected thereto by means of pins 555 a member55'! to which is secured a slide 559. This slide is provided with rackteeth 55! on its lower side and is further provided with ribs 553 (Figs.12 and 13) mounted in guideways in a guide member 555 having a coverplate 567 thereon. The guide member is provided with a boss 559 free torotate on the shaft 445. A portion 5?! of the guide member, togetherwith a cap 513 thereon, provides a bearing in which is secured a sleeve515 also freely rotatable on the shaft M5. This sleeve has formedthereon a pinion 513' in mesh with the rack teeth 561 on the slide 559and is also provided with a flange 5TB to which is secured a ratchetwheel 58!. For engaging the teeth of this ratchet wheel a pair ofstaggered pawls 533 provided with tails 555 are freely pivoted on ashaft 55? journaled in bearings in the machine frame. Springs 585connected to hooks on the tails of these pawls and to the frame tend toswing the pawls into engagement with the teeth on the ratchet Wheel. Thepawls, however, are held initially out of engagement with these teeth bya pin 51% carried by an arm 5% which is secured to the shaft 55?. Thisshaft also has secured to it another arm 595 provided with an arcuatesurface 59"! which, until the arm i513 substantially completed itsmovement to jack the shoe, is engaged by a pin 5% carried by a lugextending from the hub 5% ol the arm I55. As this arm approaches the endof its operative movement the pm 595 rides off the surface 55?, thuspermitting the arms 553 and 595 to swing counterclockwise with referenceto Fig. 12 and accordingly permitting the pawls 583 to be swung by thesprings 53% into engagement with the ratchet teeth to lock the heel restagainst reverse movement.

To facilitate release of the shoe without the necessity for the operatorto move the arm 183 reversely by hand, there is provided a kneeoperatedrod till (Figs. 1 and 2), having a knee pad 503 on its lower end andsecured, at its upper end, by means of a clamp member 565, to an arm Elfreely pivoted on an end portion of the shaft d5! extending forwardlybeyond the front or" the machine frame. Secured to this portion of theshaft is an arm 699 arranged to overlie and engage an abutment 6H on thearm Gill when the shaft E5! has been rotated to bring the shoeengaginginstrumentalities into the positions which they occupy when the shoe isjacked in the machine. The position occupied by the arm 56? at this timeis determined by a screw 515 adjust-ably secured by a nut 62% in a lug5!? on the frame, the screw engaging a lug $2! on the arm. By moving theknee pad sea a short distance toward the right the operator causes thearm 69? to swing the arm 559 and thus to turn the shaft 553 in acounterclockwise direction far enough to break the toggles hereinbeforedescribed through which the heel rest, the shoebottom rest and theinsole edge holddown are operated, whereupon these parts are returned totheir initial positions, their return movements being by a spring 355(Fig. 3) connected to the arm 557i. The counterclockwise movement of theshaft 255 is limited by engagement of the arm ($89 with a lug 52% on theframe.

The machine provided with a pair of toeembracing wipers $1M (Fig. 2)detachably secured to wiper carriers mounted in a housing 635 (Fig. l).The wipers are moved upwardly to wipe the upper heightwise of the lastby a treadle 531 connected by a link 538 to a cylindrical member 539which is vertically movable in the casting 9 and supports the housing535. In these respects the construction shown is substantially like thatdisclosed in Letters Patent N 0. 2,097,567. In the machine herein shown,however, manually operated means alone is provided for operating thewipers to wipe the upper inwardly over the insole,. the supplementalhydraulically operated means disclosed in the above-mentioned LettersPatent being omitted. The wiper-operating means includes a hand lever54: having a bifurcated rear end pivotally mounted by means of a stud643 on a lug 545 projecting from a casting on the frame. The hand leveris connected, by means including a pair of links 649, to an end portionof a wiper-operating rod 65! corresponding to the rod 31 shown in theabovementioned Letters Patent. Movement of the hand lever toward theleft to retract the wipers is yielclably limited by a spring-controlledstop 553, so that when the wipers are retracted to the positionsnormally determined by this stop they are in such relation to the shoeas to Wipe the upper heightwise of the last when they are movedupwardly. The stop 655 is mounted in a recess in an arm 555 of atwo-armed lever 555, 65! pivotally mounted between its ends on avertical stud 655 extending downwardly from a block 56! which is securedto a rectangular bar 553 fixed on a bracket 555. The stop 553 has a stem65? slidingly mounted in a bore in the arm 655 and surrounded by aspring 655 against the resistance of which the stop is movablerelatively to the arm. Threaded on the end of the stem 65'? are a nutand a lock nut for limiting movement of the stop by the spring.

The arm 55! is bifurcated at its rear end and has a pin 61! rotatabletherein, this pin having a transverse bore in which is threaded a rod5'15. The right-hand end portion of this rod is threaded in the reversedirection in a transverse bore in a pin 5i 5 mounted to turn in abracket 5?? secured to the bracket 655. Fast on the outer end of the rod573 is a knob 619 by which the rod may be turned to adjust the positionof the stop E53 by swinging the lever cs1. To lock the rod 513 inadjusted position it has threaded thereon a lock nut Ml which engagesthe arm 65?. If the operator should for any reason wish to repeat anupwiping operation on the toe end of the shoe he mayswing the hand lever64! farther to the left against the resistance of the spring 659 andthereby retract and open the wipers to such an extent as to insure thatas he lowers them to their initial positions they will not engage theupper.

The manner in which the various shoe-supporting and positioninginstrumentalities co operate in the jacking of a shoe should be clearfrom the foregoing description. The construction described facilitatesthe presentation of the shoe in the correct relation to the wipers byaffording the operator the opportunity to determine by sight withreference to the wipers when the toe end of the shoe isproperlypositioned laterally and angularly without hindrance by the shoe-bottomrest, the insole edge holddown and the heel rest which are then in theirinoperative positions. Once the shoe has been correctly positioned,these instrumentalities may be quickly moved to their operativepositions by means of the hand-operated arm i839, opportunity beingafiorded, however, for moving the insole edge holddown separately, ifdesired, by means of the knob 355 in the manner hereinbefore described.The fact that the shoe-bottom rest is always moved down to apredetermined position and therefore always locates the forepart of theshoe bottom at the same height, regardless of variations in thethickness of the upper materials or of the insole and the height of thetoe portion of the last, requires that the wipers always be movedupwardly to the same positions prior to the wiping of the upper inwardlyover the insole. Furthermore, the insole edge holddown and the 1% meansprovided for controlling it render the machine suitable for operatingeither on shoes the linings and toe boxes of which have been pretrimmed,followed by the application of cement to the uppers and insoles, beforethe shoes are presented to the machine, or on shoes which are presentedbefore the trimming and cement-applying operations The insole edgeholddown serves to prevent premature adherence of the margin of theupper to the insole and thus enables the operator to perform, ifdesired, more than one upwiping operation and, it may be, more than oneoverwiping operation before the margin of the upper is secured finallyin lasted position.

Having described the invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United tates is:

1. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe on a last bottom upward for the operation ofsaid toe-lasting means thereon, said shoesupporting means comprising atoe rest arranged to engage the toe end of the shoe underneath and aheel-end support provided with a last pin arranged to extend into theusual spindle hole in the heel end of the last, said toe rest andheelend support being mounted to move yieldingly downward with the shoein response to pressure applied on the bottom of the shoe, means forengaging the bottom of the shoe and thus moving it downwardly, and aheel rest movable lengthwise of the shoe into engagement with its heelend and mounted to move downwardly with said heel-end support, saidheel-end support and heel rest being mounted to swing as a unit about anaxis extending lengthwise of the shoe to different positions for rightand left shoes respectively.

2. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe on a last bottom upward for the operation ofsaid toe-lasting means thereon, said shoesupporting means comprising apost provided with a last pin arranged to extend into the usual spindlehole in the heel end of the last and mounted to move downwardly with theshoe in response to pressure applied on the bottom of the shoe, and aheel rest movable lengthwise of the shoe into engagement with its heelend and mounted to move downwardly with said post, said post and heelrest being mounted to swing as a unit about an axis extending lengthwiseof the shoe to different positions for right and left shoesrespectively, and said post being further mounted to swing yieldinglyabout such an axis relatively to the heel rest.

3. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe on a last bottom upward for the operation ofsaid toe-lasting means thereon, said shoesupporting means comprising apost provided with a last pin arranged to extend into the usual spindlehole in the heel end of the last, a heel rest movable lengthwise of theshoe into engagement with its heel end, said post and heel rest beingmounted to swing as a unit about an axis extending lengthwise of theshoe to different operative positions for right and left shoesrespectively and being further mounted to move yieldingly downward withthe shoe relatively to said axis in response to pressure on the bottomof the shoe, and means adjacent to said axis for locking said post andheel rest in any one of said operative positions.

4. In a lasting machine, the combination with 2d toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe for the operation of said toe-lasting meansthereon, said shoe-supporting means comprising a post provided with alast pin arranged to extend into the usual spindle hole in the heel endof the last, and a heel rest arranged to engage the heel end of theshoe, said post and heel rest being mounted to swing as a unit about anaxis extending lengthwise of the shoe to different positions for rightand left shoes, and said post being further mounted to swing about suchan axis relatively to the heel rest.

5. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe for the operation of said toe-lasting meansthereon, said shoe-supporting means comprising a post provided with alast pin arranged to extend into the usual spindle hole in the heel endof the last, and a heel rest arranged to engage the heel end of theshoe, said post and heel rest being mounted to swing as a unit about anaxis extending lengthwise of the shoe to different positions for rightand left shoes, and said post being further mounted to swing yieldinglyabout such an axis relatively to the heel rest and also to swingrelatively to the heel rest about an axis extending widthwise of theshoe.

6. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe for the operation of said toe-lasting meansthereon, said shoe-supporting means comprising a post provided with alast pin arranged to extend into the usual spindle hole in the heel endof the last, a heel rest for engaging the heel end of the shoe, a membercommon to said post and heel rest for supporting both of them, saidmember being movable about an axis extending lengthwise of the shoe tocarry the post and the heel rest to difierent positions for right andleft shoes, and a friction clutch extending around said axis for lockingsaid member against further movement about said axis after the post andthe heel rest have thus been positioned.

7. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe for the operation of said toe-lasting meansthereon, a heel rest arranged to engage the heel end of the shoe, asupport for said heel rest mounted for swinging movements about an axisextending lengthwise of the shoe to position the heel rest differentlyfor right and left shoes, and a friction clutch extending around saidaxis for locking said support against further swinging movement aboutsaid axis after the heel rest has thus been positioned.

8. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe bottom upward for the operation of saidtoe-lasting means thereon, said shoe-supporting means being mounted tomove downwardly with the shoe in response to pressure on the bottom ofthe shoe, a shoe-bottom rest arranged to engage the bottom of the shoeand to move it downwardly, an operating member movable by the operatorto depress the shoe by the movement of said shoe-bottom rest, a heelrest arranged to engage the heel end of the shoe, and means for movingsaid heel rest lengthwise of the shoe into engagement therewith also bythe movement of said operating member.

9. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting means, ofmeans for supporting a shoe bottom upward for the operation of saidtoe-lasting means thereon, said shoe-supporting means being mounted tomove downwardly with the shoe in response to pressure on the bottom

